Re: COMPASS-1 support at the West Coast

I think a couple of "it is my opinion" or "I believe" phrases would go a long way in softening some of these valid questions.
Roger
WA1KAT
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From: Sebastian <w4as@bellsouth.net>
To: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@amsat.org>
Sent: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:15 pm
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 support at the West Coast
Having someone express their opinion in public; as you have also done;
should not subject them to belittling.
Also, is it really necessary for you to append your emails with your
PGP signature?
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Ben Jackson wrote:
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>> If the COMPASS team is looking for someone (or more) radioamateurs
>> all around the world in assisting with command and telemetry using
>> our
>> amateur ground stations built using our amateur money in my
>> opinion the
>> COMPASS-1 scientific organization should donate contributions to
>> AMSAT
>> in order to buid our communication satellites.
>>
>> Is the COMPASS-1 scientific organization in Germany donating
>> contributions
>> to AMSAT-DL to build P3-E or not ?
>
> Last I checked Amateur Radio is science. I think as Radio Amateurs we
> should be more then willing to assist the science community at large.
> Asking for Quid Pro Quo is childish and silly and reflects badly on
> the
> entire community.
>
> ~ Ben, who would help, if he could.
>
> - --
> Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA
> bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
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